Turning Points: 25 Remarkable Australians and the Moments that Changed Their Lives by CLARK, MARY RYLLIS
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
‘The thought began to form in my mind that many people would have a powerful story to tell about a turning point that led to them finding their purpose — their passion.’When historian Mary Ryllis Clark came across her copy of Austrian philosopher and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl’s A Man’s Search for ...Show more
Journey to Armenia by Osip Mandelstam; Henry Gifford (Introduction by); Sidney Monas (Translator); Clarence Brown (Translator); Robert Hughes (Translator)
$34.99 AUD
Category: BIOGRAPHY
The last published work of a great poet who wrote a few lines attacking Stalin and was shortly thereafter exiled to Siberia where he died near Vladivostok six years later. An inimitable volume, Journey to Armenia is a travel book in name only. Osip Mandelstam visited Armenia in 1930, and during the ...Show more
Out of the Forest: The True Story of a Recluse by Gregory Smith
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
For years a man calling himself Will Power lived in near-total isolation in northern New South Wales, foraging for food, eating bats and occasionally trading for produce. But who was this mysterious man who roamed the forest and knew all of its secrets and riddles? Some people thought he might be Jesus. ...Show more
Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra (1955 - 1964) by Paul Genoni, Tanya Dalziell
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Category: BIOGRAPHY | Series: Biography Ser.
WINNER OF 2019 NONFICTION PM'S PRIZE Half the Perfect World is a social and literary account of the expatriate artist community on the Greek island of Hydra from 1955 to 1964, and is richly illustrated by LIFE Magazine eye-witness photographer James Burke. Fostered by celebrated Australian literary cou ...Show more
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump's White House and precisely how he makes decis ...Show more
Kiki Man Ray - Art, Love and Rivalry in 1920s Paris by Mark Braude
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
'A delightful, marvelously readable, meticulously-researched romp of a book, Kiki Man Ray brings to life not just the kaleidoscopically talented Kiki herself, but the endlessly fascinating Montparnasse milieu over which she reigned' Whitney Scharer, author of THE AGE OF LIGHT. Though many have never hea ...Show more
Stories: The Collected Short Fiction by Helen Garner
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Category: BIOGRAPHY | Reading Level: very good
These stories-that delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness and joy of life-are all told with her characteristic sharpness of observation, honesty and humour. Each one a perfect piece, together they showcase Garner?s mastery of the form.
Choice Cuts - A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History by Mark Kurlansky
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
Mark Kurlansky, bestselling author of Salt and Cod, serves up a smorgasbord of food writing through the ages, from Plato to Louis Prima Choice Cuts offers more than two hundred mouth-watering selections, including Brillat-Savarin on chocolate; Waverley Root on truffles; M. F. K. Fish on gingerbread; Pab ...Show more
The Good Book - A Humanist Bible by A. C. Grayling; Bill Swainson
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the Bible. But that is exactly what A.C. Grayling has done by creating a non-religious Bible, drawn from the wealth of ...Show more
There Goes Gravity - A Life in Rock and Roll by Lisa Robinson
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
Lisa Robinson has interviewed everyone from John Lennon to Bono to Patti Smith, Eminem to Lady Gaga to Jay-Z and Kanye West. She's talked nail polish with a 12-year-old Michael Jackson, hosted The Clash at Studio 54, and introduced Lou Reed to David Bowie over filet mignon in a Manhattan restaurant. She ...Show more
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart Into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
#1 New York Times Bestseller There have been many books on a large and small scale about Steve Jobs, one of the most famous CEOs in history. But this book is different from all the others. "Becoming Steve Jobs" takes on and breaks down the existing myth and stereotypes about Steve Jobs. The conventional ...Show more
Dying: A Memoir (PB) by Cory Taylor
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Category: BIOGRAPHY
Cory Taylor wrote this remarkable book in the space of a few weeks before her death from cancer in July 2016. In a tremendous creative surge, as her body weakened, she described the experience of knowing she would soon die. Her powerful and beautifully written book is a clear-eyed account of the tangle ...Show more